Irish American

attempts to educate his readers about the appalling socio-political situation in Ireland under the British administration around the early 1700s. Although dark and bitter, Swift’s satire is recognized as one of the finest pieces of satirical writing in American literature as it excelled in several areas such as the ideological and physical structure, the tactical usage of stylistics devices, and the presence of relevant evidence to support and reinforce his ingenious solution to end misery in…

for months until they saw an advertisement from British North Americans saying that they are accepting new settlements in the upper north (Canada). This was the first time Alphonsus and his family have left the country and were scared to see what awaited them upper north in Canada. The famine migration (1847‒52) marks the last large movement of the Irish to Canada. The famine immigrants favoured the towns and cities; and by 1871, the Irish were the largest ethnic group in every large town and…

economical deprivation many Irish are going through by introducing the idea of trading into his writing. The trading he utilizes does not indicate regular market trading in which no humans are put into oppression but trading in which Great Britain used to gain its own interest without considering conditions of other parties. Swift amplifies the selfish characteristics of British landlords and nobles by not only overpraising their goodness and drawing parallel between poor Irish and objects…

really loved. That is the extent of all I know about my heritage and family history on that side. I will now try to explain the way of the Irish people and the traditions they uphold, as well as some history. “The culture of Ireland includes customs and traditions, language, music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with Ireland and the Irish people” (NA, www.irishlifetours.com) Ireland is a country in Europe that is off the coast…

Jonathan Swift’s article “A Modest Proposal” (1729) discusses Ireland’s ailments and how the English are oppressing the Irish. Swift discusses a possible solution to Ireland’s poverty, proposing a plan to sell off Irish babies to the English. Swift’s purpose by making this satirical proposal is to shock the English into seeing how oppressive they are, in order to bring about change in Ireland. The critical tone of Swift’s writing leads me to believe that this article is intended namely for the…

occurrence as it “was intensified and took on something of the form of a personal crisis for many of the leading Irish…

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist who lived from 1667-1745. Born in Dublin, he was part of the privileged social class in Ireland. Ireland was at the time ruled by England. The Stuarts had established a Protestant governing aristocracy amid the country's relatively poor Catholic population. Swift would shuffle back and forth between positions in England and Ireland. In doing this, he became increasingly embroiled in English politics. England’s policies towards Ireland were…

Literature has the amazing ability to convey a culture in different ways. Through the development of Irish culture, literature was able to follow closely behind. Leading this was Jonathan Swift and Antoine Raftery and even though both were widely known, there is a difference in their works and how they influenced authors like W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. In order to properly reflect on these differences it is necessary to first provide the respected backgrounds of these authors. To begin,…

of Arms denotes peace, sincerity, hope, joy, and harmony. The Lennon name migrated to many parts of the world. Back in the 19th century, thousands of impoverished Irish families journeyed to British North America and the United Sates in order to escape poverty and hunger. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with the Irish Potato Famine in the mid 1800s and Ireland lost almost a quarter of its population. They traveled to America in hopes of finding work and land, however, work…

notably, my grandmother who raised me on stories of our descendancy from the ancient Celtic Kings of Irish mythology. It was through these stories that I first developed the sense of pride and strength that would guide me through the various challenges of my life. My parents arrived in New York City in the early sixties, with sixty dollars in their pockets. They bravely came in pursuit of the American dream without knowing a soul in this brave new world. Having no college education and…